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[Svengouli7]

Hi guys. So I am workng on a block tht never fails to dissapoint me. I just trashed a hgasket because on the first sequence of torgue down I stripped out my 2nd bolt hole- when pulling the head back up it disintegrated due to the sealer I put down (some thin copper color brush on stuff)

 

1. How many of you guys use sealer?

 

2. what has the oil passage o- ring commonly looked like in your hg kits?

The kit I initially purchased came w/ an assortment of rings, none of which seemed to jump out at me as being the right one-

When I went to dealer for o-ring, they gave some kinda nitrile coated ring w/ a crush washer in it. It does not fit into the after market hgasket- which had a copper ring already fastened on the hg on the puch out for the oil passage. I am starting to think that this kinda gasket is supposed to have its own crush washer - have you guys seen this before?

 

The replacement aftermarket hg I picked up at the local action auto- the one they gave me only has a straight punch out where the oil passage reisdes- again too small for the dealer or-ring. Can I substitute any proper sized oil resistant o-ring?

 

As usual, Im long winded. If you got this far thanks- I would really like to put this thing together once and rightly. Yes, I know Im inviting trouble w/ aftermarket hgaskets.

[Svengouli7]

Beuller? Anyone? Beuller? Voodoo economics? Anyone?

 

(in a ben stein impression)

 

 

once again I ask too silly of a question...

 

or one no one knows the answer to

 

CCR? Emily?

 

 

thanks guys

[archemitis]

i would say make the gasket fit the stock oring. or just use what the aftermarket gasket gave you. i bet they would both seal up fine. head bolts should only have a thin coating of oil on them, when you put them on. i mean thin. most guys blow the holes out with compressed air to assure the bolt holes arent full of oil, to throw off the torque measurements. hope that helps, some

[ccrinc]

Sorry I didn't see this earlier.

We would prefer to use the Genuine o-ring. They fit right and last longer. Unfortunately, that also means that I really don't have an answer to your headgasket question, because we won't use aftermarket there either.

Yes, we use a sealer: a light coating of Permatex Spray A Gasket Copper.

Doing a turbo block, eh? Did you remember to clean out the bolt holes? Wirebrush the bolt threads?

 

Sorry I couldn't be more help. Bottomline: if you want to put it together "once and right", messing around with trying to make stuff fit isn't gonna cut it.

 

Emily

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